Compartment freight car



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Application filed December all, 1921. Serial No. 524,082.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it lrnown that I, ALFRED H. SMrrH, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chappaqua, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compartment Freight Cars, of which the following is a specification.

lt is now the practice to'ship 'less than car load lots in what are known as containers, and a pluralit Vof such containers are placed on the plat orm of a single car rier, so that one container may be removed from the carrier at an intermediate station without impairing the stability of the other containers on the carrier.

lt has also been the practice to provide these containers with wall braces which extend from the top to the bottom of the container.

The objectv of my invention is to provide on the top of the side walls, or bulkheads, of the carrier, means adapted to engage such wall braces, thereby holding the containers securely on the carrier and preventing them `trom rocking and shifting on the carrier.

A further object of my invention is to so mount these securing means, that when in in-` operative position they are swung back out- .side of the vertical plane of the inner face of the cars side walls.

My invention consists of a combination of a carrier having vertically disposed walls, bulkheads adapted to receive containers between them, and gravity abutments mounted onvsaid bulkheads, andadapted to be swung into engagement with the containers to space the containers and hold them against rockin and shifting on the carrier.

n the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carrier and two containers, vparts being broken away,

and parts in section,

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section on the line 22, Figure 1, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Figure 1, parts being brolren away.

The reference numeral 1 designates the platform of the carrier, and the reference numeral 2 designates the side wall of the carrier, which wall is provided at its top with the usual angle iron 3.

In the embodiment shown, 4 is a plate riveted to the top of the angle iron 3, said plate having its ends 5 delected at an angle fromthe main body of the plate.

f The bearin 6 of the deected end portions of the 4p ate 4, are disposed at an angle to the transverse axis of the carrier as clearly shown 1n Fig.' 3.. A stub shaft 7 is mounted 1n said bearing 6, and secured therein by means of the pin 8. 0n thevother end of the stubshaft 7 is rigidly aixed a cam abutment 9., the engaglng face of which is beveled as clearly shown in Fig. 8. The containers 10 are adapted to be loaded on a carrier, and are provided with wallliraces 11 which extend vertically of the containers from top to bottom thereof. When the containers are in position on the carrier, the cams 9 are thrown over against the'wall braces 11 as shown in Fig. 3, and these cams are free to be jolted downwardly Intov their snug enga ement with the braces of the containers, t ereby hold-ing the containers securely on the carrier against rocking and shifting.

Said bulkheads 12 are secured on the platform of the carrier at intervals throughout the lentgth of the car, and extend transversely thereo from side wall to side wall, but terminating short of the top edge of the side walls of the carriers and adapted to be engaged by the bottom portion of the containers, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in order to more readily position the containers on the carrier between said bulkheads 12 and side walls.

rihe walls of the containers are beveled inwardly at the bottom as at 13 (see Fig. 1), which bevel engages the bulkhead as the container is being lowered into position, and directs the container to its proper position on the platform.

Changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the scope of theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a carrier having vertically disposed bulkheads adapted to receive containers between them, of gravity cam abutments adapted to engage the containers to space them and hold them from shiftingr or rocking on the carrier.

2. The combination of a carrier having vertically disposed bulkheads, containers mounted on the carrier back of said bulkheads, said containers having verticallyA disposed wall braces, of gravity cam abutments andv adapted to engage the wall braces of the containers to space the containers and hold them from shifting and rocking on the carrier..

3. The combination with a carrier having side and end walls projecting a material distance above the platform of the carrier and functioning as bulkheads, transverse bulkheads on the platform extending from side to side of the carrier and terminating short of the top of the side walls, of containers adapted to be placed between said walls and between said bulkheads, said containers having their walls beveled inwardly at the bottom, which beveled edgesl are adapted to engage the bulkheads and guide the containers into proper position.

4. The combination with a carrier having side and end Walls projecting a material distance above the platform of the carrier, and functioning as bulkheads, containers adapted to be positioned between said walls, wall braces secured to said containers, and abutments pivotally mounted on the top of said side walls of the carrier and adapted to engage the said wall braces above the top of the side walls of the carrier to hold the containers against shifting and rocking on the platform of the. carrier.

5. The combination with a carrier having side and end walls projecting a material distance above theplatform of the carrier, of containers adapted to be loaded on said carrier and abutments adapted to engage the containersand hold them against shifting and rocking on the platform; said abutments each comprising a shaft journalled on the top of the side wall at an angle less than a right angle to the side Wall of the car, a cam fixedly secured to one end of said shaft, whereby the cam may be positioned outside of the plane of the inner face of the side 'wall when in inoperative position.

6. The combination with a carrier having side and end walls pro]ecting a material d'stance above the platform of the carrier, and functioning as bulkheads, containers adapted to be positioned between said walls, Vabutments secured to said containers, and abut ments pivotally mounted on the top of said walls and adapted to engage the abutments on the containers above the top of said walls to hold the containers against shifting and rocking on the platform of the carrier.

In testimony whereof I aix my si ature.

ALFRED H. S TH. 

